Yio Chu Kang Secondary began operations in 1966, and was set up in response to a request by Yio Chu Kang residents to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew for a secondary school.

[1] It was initially located at the tenth milestone of Yio Chu Kang Road, housed in a S$444,000 campus.

[2] In 1982, the school moved to new premises along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and the new premises were officially opened on 26 August 1983 by Lau Ping Sum, Member of Parliament for Yio Chu Kang.

[4] The merged school is located at the current Yio Chu Kang campus.

At the time of the merger, the principal was Mr Yeo Kuerk Heng.